Express Me

Create production-ready ExpressJS applications with the most common modules initialized automatically.

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm install express-me --save

Using yarn:

$ yarn add express-me

Usage

// Load the module.
const expressMe = require('express-me')
 
// See #options for more details about accepted options.
let options = {}
 
// Create the Express application with custom options.
expressMe(options, (app, http) => {
 
  // Register application specific routes and middleware.
})
 
// Or, you can use production-ready defaults.
expressMe((app, http) => {
 
  // Register application specific routes and middleware.
})
 
// The `http` argument is the HTTP Server, and it is passed to the callback because
// you may need it for example to setup SocketIO, but you can skip it.
expressMe(app => {
 
  // Register application specific routes and middleware.
})

Options

Here is a list of available options:

- bugsnag

Specifies if to send errors to Bugsnag. Uses the report-error module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• String - enable this feature and use provided value as the Bugsnag API key.

Default value: false

---

- morgan

Specifies if to use morgan logger.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable logger.
• true - enable a default logger when in development mode.
• String - enable logger with given format.
• Object - enable logger with given format and options arguments.

Default value: true

---

- db

Specifies if to connect to the database using mongoose module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• Object - enable this feature and connect using provided connection details.

Default value: false

Connection details object structure:

{
  "host": "127.0.0.7",
  "port": 27017,
  "name": "database_name"
}

---

- helmet

Specifies if to initialize helmet module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize helmet with default options.
• Object - enable this feature and initialize using provided helmet options.

Default value: true

For more details about helmet options see helmet module.

---

- compression

Specifies if to initialize compression module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize compression with default options.
• Object - enable this feature and initialize using provided compression options.

Default value: true

For more details about compression options see compression module.

---

- static

Specify static directories.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and use default static directories.
• String, Array - enable this feature and use provided static directories.

Default value: true

let staticDirectories = [
  path.join(process.cwd(), 'client', 'dist'),
  path.join(process.cwd(), 'client', 'dist', 'favicon')
]

---

- staticPrefix

Specify if to use a prefix for static files.

Accepts one of the following values:

• undefined - do not use a prefix.
• String - use it's value as a prefix.

Default value: undefined

---

- assetVersions

Specifies it to use the express-asset-versions module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and use a default directory.
• String - enable this feature and use provided value as a directory.

Default value: true

let assetPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'client', 'dist')

For more details see express-asset-versions module.

---

- views

Specify the directory or directories for the views.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and use a default directory.
• String, Array - enable this feature and use provided directories.

Default value: true

let viewsPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'views')

---

- viewEngine

Specify the view engine of the application.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and use a default view engine.
• String - enable this feature and use provided view engine.

Default value: true

let viewEngine = 'pug'

---

- cookies

Specifies if to initialize cookie-parser module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize cookie-parser with default options.
• String - enable this feature and initialize using provided secret.

Default value: true

For more details about cookie-parser options see cookie-parser module.

---

- detectIp

Specifies if to initialize detect-ip module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize detect-ip with default options.
• Object - enable this feature and initialize using provided options.

Default value: true

For more details about detect-ip options see detect-ip module.

---

- ipCountry

Specifies if to initialize ip-country module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize ip-country with default options.
• Object - enable this feature and initialize using provided options.

Default value: true

For more details about ip-country options see ip-country module.

---

- i18n

Specifies if to initialize i18n module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• Object - enable this feature and initialize using provided options.

Default value: false

For more details about i18n options see i18n module.

---

- cdnjs

Specifies if to initialize cdnjs-env module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize cdnjs-env with default options.

Default value: true

For more details about cdnjs-env options see cdnjs-env module.

---

- localPrice

Specifies if to initialize local-price module.

Accepts one of the following values:

• false - disable this feature.
• true - enable this feature and initialize local-price with default options.
• String - enable this feature and set the given default currency.

Default value: true

---

- errorHandler

Define a custom error handler. more details

• Must be a Function.

When not provided a default error handler is used.

- errorView

Specify a full path to a view which will be rendered on errors.

• Must be a String.

When not provided a default error handler is used.

---

- port

Specify a port for the application.

• Must be a Number.

Default value: 3000

Used modules

• morgan
• mongoose
• report-error
• helmet
• compression
• cookie-parser
• express-asset-versions
• cdnjs-env
• ip-country
• detect-ip
• local-price
• i18n

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Ion Suman [e-mail]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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